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  Mark Speck (mark_speck) 4-Laureate Username: mark_speck Post Number: 110 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.188.113.110 |
Yesterday, I was listening to my Rick James CD at work and I heard "Give It to Me Baby". I was wondering...that deep voice that says "Hey Girl" a couple of times near the end of the song--was that the great Melvin Franklin? I would assume so (seeing as how the Temps sang on "Super Freak" with Rick and he sang on their tune "Standing on the Top", so they probably had a nice working relationship), but I'd like to know for sure. Best, Mark | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1820 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Hi Mark, As I recall it, it definitely was Melvin. I'll double check, but I'm sure that it was Melvin. | ||
C.Patrick Dennis (a_place_for_us) 1-Arriviste Username: a_place_for_us Post Number: 8 Registered: 6-2004 Posted From: 68.253.201.39 |
I'm sure that's Melvin. Melvin is also Rick's uncle by the way. | ||
Kenneth Earl Vernon Sr. (kavee) 1-Arriviste Username: kavee Post Number: 8 Registered: 8-2004 Posted From: 132.61.176.6 |
yes, the Tempts sang background on that Rick James track. | ||
Gil (gil) 4-Laureate Username: gil Post Number: 83 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.44.136.113 |
It was definitely Melvin Franklin on "Give It To Me Baby". | ||
Uptight (uptight) 4-Laureate Username: uptight Post Number: 112 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.161.239.218 |
Yes, members of the Tempts (including Melvin Franklin) appear on the "Street Songs" LP. You hear Rick yell, "Temptations, sing..!" a couple of times in the track "Super Freak." Also, around that time (1981), members of the group (including Melvin Franklin) appear on Teena Marie's album "It Must Be Magic." On the title track, Teena yells, "Temptations, sing..!" LOL | ||
Gil (gil) 4-Laureate Username: gil Post Number: 89 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 192.44.136.113 |
They sure were on that Teena Marie album. I forgot about that. Those were the only two albums played in my neighborhood during the summer of '81. | ||
Uptight (uptight) 4-Laureate Username: uptight Post Number: 113 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 69.161.239.218 |
I know I played those albums a lot, too. btw: While you hear Melvin's voice on Teena's track, "It Must Be Magic," his opening line ("You are under my power. It is the power of love...") is a throwback to a similar appearance he made in the 1967 Marvelettes record, "My Baby Must Be a Magician." | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 172 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
Hey Uptight, I think he did the same intro on the Ali Woodson lead track "Magic" for the Tempts........ Kdubya | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 514 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.228.252 |
There's no mistaking Melvin's voice!  | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 4-Laureate Username: mark_speck Post Number: 114 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.159.137.239 |
You are so right, Lady Mystique! Thanks to all of you!! Best, Mark | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1842 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
I sure do miss Melvins' voice  | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 4-Laureate Username: mark_speck Post Number: 119 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 4.159.137.239 |
I think we all do, Juice. Best, Mark | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 531 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.228.252 |
Yeah...everytime I hear his voice on SILENT NIGHT (1980), a tear comes to my eye, especially at the end. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1848 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
Now why'd you have to go & say that Lady M??? You've got me wishing that it was Christmas so I could play Silent Night & hear him & Eddie again!!! Man, what bittersweet memories | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 535 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.228.252 |
You ain't got to wait till Christmas... But, I don't think that was Eddie...wasn't that Glenn Leonard? | ||
Gil (gil) 4-Laureate Username: gil Post Number: 103 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 68.19.57.247 |
I think it was Glenn Leonard. | ||
Juicefree20 (juicefree20) 6-Zenith Username: juicefree20 Post Number: 1851 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.46.184.162 |
The Temptations recorded two versions of Silent Night. I didn't care much for the second version...or was it the first??? I'll have to check the old CD collection!! I know that I have two different versions of Silent Night by The Temptations. (Message edited by juicefree20 on August 11, 2004) | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 539 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.37.228.252 |
Yeah...the first one was in 1970(?)-CHRISTMAS CARD-which featured Eddie singing lead. The one I am talking about is on-GIVE LOVE AT CHRISTMAS-released in 1980. It featured all of them siging different parts, but what takes me everytime is Melvin's ending on the song. (Message edited by LadyMystique on August 11, 2004) (Message edited by LadyMystique on August 11, 2004) | ||
Don (don) 6-Zenith Username: don Post Number: 598 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 68.78.24.162 |
Good Evening Juice I think the 1st was with Eddie Kendrick and the 2nd was with Glenn Leonard. Both we're straight. I think Glenn was the best pick to sing Eddie's part when he was a Tempt and he was a good Tempt to by the way. Don | ||
Randy Russi (randy_russi) 4-Laureate Username: randy_russi Post Number: 144 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 169.139.180.100 |
You know, if you listen to the opening of The Marvelettes' "My Baby Must Be A Magician", that's Melvin...another GREAT Smokey production led by Wanda. | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 177 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
Yes guys , that was Glenn Leonard on the long version of Silent Night, Dennis & Glenn share leads and the rest of the guys really blow...with Melvin bringing up the bottom. It is one of the most requested and played X mas records in Chi-town every year. It was used in the intro to the movie Friday after Next (?) (Ice Cube/Mike Epps) sadly the movie was not as good as the song. Don you know I agree with you about Glen Leonard, he was in a category by himself. I miss all the Temptations. :-( Kdubya | ||
MoMotown (momotown) 3-Pundit Username: momotown Post Number: 41 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 216.249.90.212 |
Oh, Eddie, Eddie, Eddie. Boo-hoo. Sorry, but I miss Eddie Kendrick, the Temps, and the good old days. Boo-hoo. Think I'll listen to "Try to Remember" and "Skipping Work Today." Boo-hoo. | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 551 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.33.227.92 |
I hear ya! I love Eddie...and really do miss his voice. JUST MEMORIES tops my repeat list. | ||
Mark Speck (mark_speck) 4-Laureate Username: mark_speck Post Number: 126 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 63.188.136.151 |
Who's filling Melvin's spot in the current group of Temps? Best, Mark | ||
Lady Mystique (ladymystique) 6-Zenith Username: ladymystique Post Number: 553 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 66.33.227.92 |
OH! I forgot his name... | ||
1wicked (1wicked) 5-Doyen Username: 1wicked Post Number: 226 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 24.126.64.72 |
The new bass man is Joe Herndon..right ? (Message edited by 1wicked on August 13, 2004) | ||
zebop (zebop) 4-Laureate Username: zebop Post Number: 105 Registered: 4-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.138 |
Yeah it's Joe Herndon, he came from Glenn Leonard's group. | ||
Kdubya (paladin) 5-Doyen Username: paladin Post Number: 190 Registered: 5-2004 Posted From: 206.185.64.23 |
Yeah he sounds like Melvin.... I liked Harry M, he was just one of those guys who had The Temptation persona down pat. I guess his illness and near death experience sort of left him on the outs..... Ray Davis was also very cool and superbly talented. Hey SDF everytime I get emotional about the Tempts I put in the DVD of Standing on The Top.....dam.............they slide, they glide, they funk it up, Dennis, David, Eddie, Melvin, Glenn, Richard, Otis..... |
